i've been doing surprisingly well after getting past day 2 and 3 and then the hacking and coughing but today i finished an amazing taco lunch and immediately thought to myself NOW FOR A CIG-FUCK YOU FUCK FUCK FUCK

when does this stop happening

About a month that stuff stopped, well, for the most part. I still get occassional urges but at least my mind isn't foggy anymore and I can sort of mentally laugh off the urges. The urges get way less intense after about a month. Keep it up, it gets better now.

Oh yeah I remember that post now. Yeah I said you should move out cause I had stayed for a few months with an ex after our relationship ended and boy that did not go well...

Does your mom mind that you smoke at all or just that you did it inside? Cause it seems to me if you're old enough to live by yourself, your mom shouldn't have shit to say about smoking. Unless its cause you were doing it inside.

Yeah I mean its not lost on me how bad cigs are. I hadn't had a cig for months until this breakup, and only a couple a day until Thursday when I got the glorious news he "met someone". So I went and bought a pack. Give me a damn break.

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when did you know you were out of the woods

i've been doing surprisingly well after getting past day 2 and 3 and then the hacking and coughing but today i finished an amazing taco lunch and immediately thought to myself NOW FOR A CIG-FUCK YOU FUCK FUCK FUCK

when does this stop happening

about 2 months it stopped being so bad w/r/t after meals

i mean i think it was relatively easy for me in general, but after 2 months i stopped automatically going for it in the car and after eating.

seeing as i feel like an outsider for having never smoked (well i tried like a pack in total as a teen or something) i want to pick up the habit. What brand would you recommend? What is coolest to smoke but not overly expensive? I figure if i start now my lungs will likely not become cancerous until i'm like 80 by which time who gives a fuck.

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I've always really wondered what cig addiction actually feels like.

Like do you crave them the same way as food when you're really hungry or what?

I guess it's kind of a dumb question. Idk

imagine something you do every day, and would feel shitty if you didn't do. maybe it's taking a shower. or brushing your teeth. or masturbating. (ok the last one is a stretch, but i'm trying to pick something relateable).

let's pick the teeth brushing thing. imagine you just ate the best plate of stinky food, like onions and garlic and things like that. so you get done, and you know you need a mint or to brush your teeth. but you can't. you've decided you won't do it again. ever. so you have this feeling that you NEED to clean your mouth, but you cannot, and you have to move on with your life and try not to think about brushing your teeth.

that is a really shitty analogy but basically you feel like it's something routine that you have to do or you feel 'off' so you keep being reminded of it. plus add in a the physical addiction part which is something else entirely, like your equilibrium just doesn't feel right without it, you feel anxious and upset and you just know if you smoked it would make it better

imagine something you do every day, and would feel shitty if you didn't do. maybe it's taking a shower. or brushing your teeth. or masturbating. (ok the last one is a stretch, but i'm trying to pick something relateable).

let's pick the teeth brushing thing. imagine you just ate the best plate of stinky food, like onions and garlic and things like that. so you get done, and you know you need a mint or to brush your teeth. but you can't. you've decided you won't do it again. ever. so you have this feeling that you NEED to clean your mouth, but you cannot, and you have to move on with your life and try not to think about brushing your teeth.

that is a really shitty analogy but basically you feel like it's something routine that you have to do or you feel 'off' so you keep being reminded of it. plus add in a the physical addiction part which is something else entirely, like your equilibrium just doesn't feel right without it, you feel anxious and upset and you just know if you smoked it would make it better

Yeah I mean its not lost on me how bad cigs are. I hadn't had a cig for months until this breakup, and only a couple a day until Thursday when I got the glorious news he "met someone". So I went and bought a pack. Give me a damn break.